Chapter 52: Lu Cun
Fang Zhongjin was bold at this time, and slowly turned his head to look. It turned out that it was a young man who was carrying a lamp and asking them. I saw that this man was only twenty-four or five years old, and he looked fair-skinned and handsome, not like a soldier but like a scholar. And he was wearing the uniform of the soldiers defending the city, loose and saggy, and he was a full circle larger than him. A helmet was also too big, and it slid comically to the side. If Fang Zhongjin and Lu'er climbed the city wall in the middle of the night is very suspicious, then the person in front of him is nondescript, and he is also eight points suspicious when he looks at it.
Fang Zhongjin said that he still had to find out the news in the city, so as not to startle the snake, so he lied casually and said: "Go back to the words of the military master." The villain's brother and sister are honest people who come to Jinhua County to join their relatives, and they all carry the regular road guide issued by the government. It's just that when he wanted to enter the city during the day, he was stopped by a group of beggars. A military master said that no one would be allowed in these days. But when we came to Jinhua County to join our relatives, we had no money on them, and if we couldn't enter the city, we would starve to death outside. So the villain and his sister had the audacity to sneak in by climbing the wall. All this is the villain's idea alone, just ask the military master to punish the villain alone. ”
Fang Zhongjin's lies were true and false, so that the person on the other side believed it first. The man looked at Fang Zhongjin and the two of them, and asked, "Since you have an urgent matter to go to the city to join your relatives, then it's no wonder that you guys." It was our Jinhua County that closed the city gate to force you to make this decision. You don't have to worry, Jinhua County will never embarrass the two. ”
Fang Zhongjin saw that the person opposite was both reasonable and elegant, and agreed to let the two of them go after making up two lies, and his heart was both happy and strange. It's nice that the matter of blending into the city wall was so easily revealed, and it's strange how there could be a city guard who spoke so much.
The man then asked, "Since the two of you have come to Jinhua County to join your relatives, I don't know which one you voted for?"
Fang Zhongjin saw that he was still going to interrogate, and his face did not show a flustered look. He said in his heart that this Jinhua county town is not small, I am fooling at will, do you know all the people in the city? Fang Zhongjin made an honest appearance and said: "Back to the military master, we are here to defect to Second Uncle Zhang. He's our uncle. "Zhang is one of the most commonly used surnames among Han Chinese, and the number of people in second place is unknown. Fang Zhongjin confidently made up a second uncle Zhang casually, and there must be someone surnamed Zhang in Jinhua County, and he ranked second. This is a lie that will never fall short.
Unexpectedly, the person on the other side said: "There are 36,000 households in Jinhua County, of which there are more than 2,200 households surnamed Zhang. There are always five or six hundred adult men who are old enough to be your uncle. Which neighborhood is this Second Uncle Zhang you are talking about?"
When Fang Zhongjin heard this, he couldn't help but look at the person in front of him again. He was so familiar with the population of Jinhua County that he didn't need to consult the books and household dictionaries, and he could blurt out the number of people in the city with the surname Zhang. It seems that this man will not be an ordinary city defender. Looking at him again, in addition to being fair-skinned and handsome, looking weak, there is also a natural righteousness on his face. And when he said such a shocking thing that made his jaw drop, there was no strange expression on his face, as if he was just saying the most ordinary words.
Fang Zhongjin had already guessed that this person was not easy to fool, but the current situation was so far, he could only continue to bite the bullet and say: "My mother married early, and she hasn't contacted her uncle all these years. I only remember that he lived in Jinhua County, but he couldn't say which neighborhood he was in. My mother passed away a few years ago, and my brother and sister became orphans and came to join my uncle. I originally planned to go into the city and look for people while looking for a job, but I didn't expect that there are so many people surnamed Zhang in Jinhua County?"
The white-faced boy said again: "Then you always remember what your second uncle does for a living, right?"
Fang Zhongjin didn't doubt at this time that if he casually reported a livelihood, this kid would count how many people there were. He Fang Zhongjin has avoided many problems by talking nonsense all the way since he fell into trouble, but he didn't expect to be deflated at the hands of the person in front of him. He thought to himself that this person didn't have any kung fu at all, so he simply didn't talk to him, and knocked him out with one punch.
As soon as Fang Zhongjin had a thought in his heart, his hand immediately struck the back of the white-faced boy's neck like a lightning flash. The boy had never seen such a battle, and with a whine in his mouth, he fell to the ground unconscious.
When Lu'er saw this, he muttered to himself, "This man seems to be an honest and good man." It is said that each other is born from the heart, and it is rare that this person can't see the slightest evil thought on his face. This time he died because of us, I hope he can't remember Brother Jin in the palace of Hades. After talking for a long time, I was still afraid that Fang Zhongjin would kill people indiscriminately and receive retribution.
Fang Zhongjin smiled and said, "I think he is in good health, and it will take seventy or eighty years to enter the Hades Palace." By then, he would have lost sight of who I was. ”
Lu'er grinned and said, "So you just knocked him unconscious? I knew you weren't the one who killed him indiscriminately."
At this time, it was almost dawn, Fang Zhongjin and Lu'er cautiously sneaked into the city, and randomly found a place with eaves to make do and sleep. It wasn't until dawn that the two of them had slept enough before they wandered around the streets, asking for news.
This Jinhua county is no different from other towns in the south of the Yangtze River. They are all densely populated and prosperous shops. It's just that the gates of the city are not open for a few days, and people can't go in and out. There will inevitably be a shortage of fresh vegetables in the city. The daily accumulation of excrement and urine by the people in the city could not be transported out of the city, and it was parked on the side of the road and the smell was stinking. But the strange thing is that the residents of the county town are living so inconveniently, but none of them have complained to the government.
After acquaintances in the streets and alleys meet, say hello to each other, and then be sure to grit their teeth and curse the flowers outside the city, all of them as if they have a deep hatred. Then he praised the county officials for understanding the righteousness and daring to take responsibility to keep this group of disasters out of the city. It is really a blessing for the people.
Fang Zhongjin and Lu'er inquired about the location of the county office, so they went to the concierge to see the county official as planned. Although Fang Zhongjin didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this county lord, he relied on his strong martial arts and was not afraid of them making ghosts.
Unexpectedly, the concierge of Jinhua County Ya did not make it difficult at all, and heard that Fang and Lu wanted to see the county master, so they only asked them to wait in the back cover room for a while, and then invited them into the back hall. It seems that in Jinhua County, it is common for people to see the county master. Fang Zhongjin and Lu'er smiled at each other, and said in their hearts, Could it be that this county lord is still a clean official who is in charge of the people?
The two of them were invited to the hall, but they saw that the county lord was already sitting on the main seat. Looking at the county official, he was only in his twenties, wearing a cyan official uniform, with a fair face and a handsome appearance. Who is it that Fang Zhongjin knocked out last night?